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Falling Through the COVID19 Cracks

Without any protection, COVID19 finds gaps in care in the social services umbrella and the healthcare maze that marginalized communities have to navigate, and “the coronavirus falls upon them like rain,” says David Hayes-Bautista.

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Alumna Elected President of Sociological Association

“It was a natural thing to study sociology, to have a more critical approach to study social life, to study why things happen. I’ve always been interested in those questions, and sociology answers them,” says Cecilia Menjivar as she is elected President of the Sociological Association.

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News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

As election 2020 stirs up stress, anxiety and anger, some people are tuning out entirely

UCLA political science and psychology professor Efrén Pérez says one of the strongest emotions activating this year’s election is anger. “When you trigger anger collectively among some groups of people, that’s one of the most energizing emotional states,” he says. “You’re already seen snippets of this, people waiting in rainstorms, waiting hours to cast their…

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News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Panelists discuss the act of democracy in relation to the 2020 election

Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy Fernando Torres-Gil Ph.D. ’76, took part in the discussion, titled “The Act of Democracy,” which referenced an op-ed written by Former United States Representative John Lewis, which he wrote a few days before his death, stating that “democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each…

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News Articles & Media Coverage → Democracy & Voting Rights

Voting rights expert Chad Dunn on when we’ll know who won the election

“First and foremost, people should know that in every corner in America there are hundreds of thousands of people 110% committed to American democracy, who, in many cases, have devoted their careers to one thing: ensuring accurate election counts. Our country is blessed by these committed Americans, and I have no doubt whatsoever that they…

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